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The United States said it was pulling troops from northeast Syria, in a major shift which clears the way for a Turkish military offensive against Kurdish-led forces and hands Turkey responsibility for thousands of Islamic State captives. CBC | World News
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U.S. troops start pullout from along Turkey’s border in Syria
U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria say American troops have begun withdrawing from areas along Turkey’s border. CBC | World News
Read More »Nearly 1 in 4 civilians killed in Syria is a child, Lancet study says
Evidence that aerial bombing has killed more civilians — one quarter of them children — than opposition fighters in Syria has been published in one of the world’s best known medical journals. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel ‘target’ Syria military with MISSILE ATTACK as Middle East tensions rise
ISRAEL has launched three missiles at a Syrian military facility, Damascus’ state media has claimed as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Russia’s Putin holds summit on how to stabilize Syria
The mini-summit of the three countries that earlier this year helped broker a truce between Syrian government troops and the opposition in several pockets of fighting across the war-torn country comes two days after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Putin in Sochi. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel ‘fires WARNING SHOT’ at Syria for ‘violating ceasefire agreement’ amid WW3 fears
ISRAEL has fired a ‘warning shot’ at Syrian forces for violating a ceasefire agreement, a source from the country’s defence forces has claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Dozens killed in bombings in Damascus, eastern Syria
At least five children and two rescue workers were killed Friday in a Damascus suburb during a government bombing campaign amid escalating violence in and around the capital despite a truce, activists reported. CBC | World News
Read More »Plans to rebuild Syria could be recipe for another war
Syria’s government is promoting what it bills as a beautiful future for Damascus, but critics see it as a future engineered to force out dissent, paid for by wealthy foreign allies and contracted out to regime-friendly businesses. CBC | World News
Read More »Assaults in Syria and Iraq oust ISIS from border bastions
Syrian troops ousted Islamic State extremists Friday from Deir el-Zour, a major city in eastern Syria, while Iraqi forces retook Qaim, the group’s last big town across the border in Iraq, in simultaneous assaults that dealt further territorial losses to the retreating militants. CBC | World News
Read More »US forces destroy deadly ISIS chemical weapons uncovered in Iraq and Syria as jihadis flee
US-LED coalition forces have found ISIS chemical weapons in both Iraq and Syria, a military spokesman has revealed. Daily Express :: News Feed
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